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Best MN park skiing?

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Heart
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What's your favorite terrain park in MN? Obviously Spirit Mountain is awesome, but that's pretty far away from where I live, so my favorite is Afton.
Mar 1 2010 5:12PM
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ski-swagga
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ive only skied 3 places in minnesota but i must say my favorite is Spirit. There just is an amazing vibe there and their park is sick!
Mar 1 2010 6:01PM
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KellyK
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aftoooon woooo! u ride there a lot? who are you?
Mar 1 2010 7:17PM
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Heart
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i'm a young'un and don't have my license yet, but I go whenever I can, it's pretty much the only place i ride. as for who i am, well, if you ever see a kid riding line invaders with a blue and black jacket, come say hi.
Mar 1 2010 8:05PM
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S-S-K
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Powder Ridge for their rails, they know how to set up everything really well.  Also It's not as crowded.

Mar 1 2010 8:24PM
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prontocuts.com
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ive tried welch - hyland - buck - afton this season, and hyland has the best park out of those
Mar 1 2010 8:41PM
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i.ski.troll.
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Spirit, Hyland, Trollhaugen(according to the winter land act, trollhaugen is part of Minnesota in the winter months, check the mn nice commentary if you dont get it)
Mar 1 2010 10:16PM
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ashamedkrew
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GIANTS RIDGE!!! best kept secret anywhere
Mar 1 2010 10:56PM
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KellyK
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yay!

and to the OP, i'm at afton 4-5 times a week. usually merkin shit up in my instructor coat, most likely to be found hiking a rail in the meadows park. word up.
Mar 1 2010 11:10PM
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prontocuts.com
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lol, its not the best, but I go every tuesday to work on my jumps. 12 early bird cannot be beat. and its not busy at all
Mar 1 2010 11:23PM
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aaron.ebner
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only skiied wild and hyland this year so far, but as far as that goes i love both. hyland is obviously a mess on week nights and weekends, but if you can get in a morning there, it's legit.

Hyland- rails are fun to learn on, small, but smooth and easy to try things. the jumps are funn, good shape and landings are long on the big jumps.

Wild- a little less as far as features go opposed to hyland, but i would say the quality is higher (bigger rails, and setup bigger). All the essentials are there, laps are fast because there's not as many people and our rope is better than hyland's. our jumps are also really good most of the time, the landings on the bigger jumps are a little shorter, but the jumps are bigger, but not as big as nybora jumps.
Mar 2 2010 11:36AM
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PADDY-FLANAGAN
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don't forget about summit they have sick rails ans u can lab the place so fast it is so much fun not lieing.
Mar 2 2010 12:59PM
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i.ski.troll.
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Yeah I totally forgot to mention Summits Backyard.  If you have not been yet this year you should really go.  Just as fun as Hyland or any other place if not more fun.   Only thing I wish they had was a DFD
Mar 2 2010 1:17PM
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andreaswhite
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I have to say AFTON. there jumps kinda suck this year but the rails are better than anywhere else. They have four parks and park crew is constantly laping and fixing the lips.
Mar 3 2010 2:07PM
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McShane
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dude, what are you talking about?! Buck's legit! hahahah just kiddin, nah, I didn't ride it too much this year (Hylanndd!) but I gotta stick up for the home hill! hahah
Mar 6 2010 11:37PM
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attorv
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ELM CREEK is soooo fun!
Mar 7 2010 2:24PM
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Reed.
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best MN PARK skiing?  wheres the best pow!
Mar 7 2010 7:43PM
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jmBEERY
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uhhh no the jumps dont have landings

rails are set up suuper sketch

the only good thing there is the mini park

Mar 7 2010 9:30PM
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